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Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Dungeons & Dragons and Test Drive Unlimited haven't been forgotten by Atari. The publisher plans to bring each of those series back to its line-up â€” but not until after 2009.

Atari revealed its intentions to revisit and resuscitate some of its better known properties at a press conference in the UK today, pointing to some of its most beloved hits as a focus for 2010 and beyond. The rebounding publisher diverted focus to its next-year line-up, according to Eurogamer, which includes Ghostbusters, The Witcher for consoles and the recently announced Ready 2 Rumble Revolution.

While Atari's been supporting Neverwinter Nights 2 in the form of expansion packs, the Baldur's Gate series has been quiet since the release of Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, with the spin-off series Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance petering out in 2004. Sequels to both would be very welcome, my new Atari overlords.

We suppose the only question is: who's going to develop the next Baldur's Gate? BioWare, now owned by EA, has already moved on to its own "spiritual successor" Dragon Age.

As far as another Test Drive, Developer Eden Games is rumored to have already started work on a sequel to Test Drive Unlimited as of earlier this year.

MOTHERFUCKING BALDUR'S GATE! I think and hope this would be a publishing deal, and that Baldur's Gate would be given to the only man capable of reviving it.

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This, along with a Witcher console port being announced today, shows some interesting things for Atari in the future.

Why bother? Baldur's Gate is done. Not to say that Obsidian isn't capable of making a good game out of it, but they would probably be better served by an entirely new IP instead of being stuck in the Forgotten Realms.

Oh and Raynaga, it all has to do with the fact Baldur's Gate is all part of the D&D digital rights, which Atari got after Interplay started sinking.

Knowing WotC, any new D&D games will be stuck using 4th Edition. After Storm of Zehir I'd love to see Obsidian make a 3.5 Edition BG with an engine built from the ground up, but it's just not going to happen.

How can they revive NWN? NWN2 just got a fucking expansion you band of cockthumping trollops!

I am also sure this new Baldur's Gate will be a Dark Alliance faggot-fest. I've never even touched Test Drive. This announcement is all kinds of dumb. Dragon Age will probably be closer to a true sequel to Baldur's Gate than this BG3 or whatever it is they want, unless they get the same team of writers.